Hamline basketball player charged with assault

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Hamline University basketball player is
accused of punching a woman while the team was in Spokane, Wash.

Eighteen-year-old Eugene Lawrence III appeared in Spokane County Superior Court Wednesday on a second-degree assault charge.

Steve Bray, of Portland, Ore., says his 20-year-old
daughter, Kayla, was visiting another Hamline player she knew from high
school at the team's hotel on New Year's Eve. Bray says his daughter
got in an argument with Lawrence at the hotel. He's accused of punching
her in the face and knocking her to the floor.

KSTP-TV (http://bit.ly/UpKJVN ) reports Kayla Bray was released from the hospital Wednesday evening following surgery for a broken jaw.

The St. Paul university says Lawrence has been
place on interim suspension from the basketball team and the school.
Documents on file at the Superior Court clerk's office do not list a
defense attorney.

A crisis response counseling program begins Monday at Hayfield Schools, after a 10-year-old boy died at his home unexpectedly Sunday morning. Just before 11:30 a.m., the Dodge County Sheriff's office responded to a report of a young male, found in bed unresponsive with CPR in progress. Hayfield Fire and Ambulance rushed to the scene. Lifesaving efforts were not successful. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. The Olmsted County Medical Examiner's office ...

A crisis response counseling program begins Monday at Hayfield Schools, after a 10-year-old boy died at his home unexpectedly Sunday morning. Just before 11:30 a.m., the Dodge County Sheriff's office responded to a report of a young male, found in bed unresponsive with CPR in progress. Hayfield Fire and Ambulance rushed to the scene. Lifesaving efforts were not successful. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. The Olmsted County Medical Examiner's office ...

Rochester police say a man was "definitely under the influence of alcohol" when he allegedly stabbed two neighbors to death at a Salvation Army apartment building. Glenn Johnson, 53, was arrested shortly after the stabbings Saturday night at Castleview Apartments as police say he tried to flee from a rear stairway. He was being held Sunday on two tentative counts of second-degree murder.

Rochester police say a man was "definitely under the influence of alcohol" when he allegedly stabbed two neighbors to death at a Salvation Army apartment building. Glenn Johnson, 53, was arrested shortly after the stabbings Saturday night at Castleview Apartments as police say he tried to flee from a rear stairway. He was being held Sunday on two tentative counts of second-degree murder.

A Hayfield mother is preparing to bury her 10-year-old son after he didn't wake up Sunday morning. Megan Reid is trying to understand how her seemingly healthy son died in his sleep. "You think you have a healthy kid, never see any signs, and next thing you know he's gone," she said.

A Hayfield mother is preparing to bury her 10-year-old son after he didn't wake up Sunday morning. Megan Reid is trying to understand how her seemingly healthy son died in his sleep. "You think you have a healthy kid, never see any signs, and next thing you know he's gone," she said.